Victorian Plants. 73 



362. Pappus-bristlets ciliated or plumous. 



Small annual herbs ; leaves scattered, narrow, entire ; in- 

 volucral bracts almost herbaceous, of nearly equal height 

 (length) ; flower-headlets small, terminal ; fruits very nar- 

 rowly attenuated towards the summit. Millotia. 1503 



Pappus-bristlets hair-like, almost smooth ... ... 363 



363. Corollas of the marginal flowers thinner than those of 



the central flowers, never flatly expanding. 



Herbs, usually rather tall ; leaves scattered or near the 

 root crowded ; marginal flowers without stamens, exceed- 

 ingly thin. Erechtites. 1504 



Corollas of the marginal flowers alike to those of the 

 central flowers or flatly expanding. 



Herbs, less commonly shrubs, rarely small trees ; leaves 

 scattered or near the root crowded ; flower-headlets ter- 

 minal, seldom axillary ; marginal flowers often forming a 

 ray. Figure 90. Senecio. 1507 



CANDOLLEACEAE. 



364. Connected stamens and style folded back when quies- 

 cent, arising suddenly and becoming straight on being 

 touched; minute fifth corolla-lobe immovable. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; leaves very seldom denticulated, 

 never lobed ; color of corolla various, seldom blue. 

 Figure 92. (Stylidium.) Candollea. 1521 



Connected stamens and style erect, immovable ; minute 

 fifth corolla-lobe reflected when quiescent, arising 

 suddenly on touch. 



Annual herbs, generally minute ; leaves entire ; corolla 

 often white. Figure 93. LeeuwenhoeMa. 1525 



CABXFANUXiACEAX:. 



365. Lobes of the corolla equal. 



Usually herbs, with whitish sap ; anthers disconnected ; 

 corolla often blue. "Bell-flower." Wahlenbergia. 1526 



Lobes of the corolla unequal ... ... 366 



